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appearance of truth, auctoritas, believability, believableness, credibleness, faithfulness, fides, integrity, plausibility, probity, rectitude, reliability, tenability, tenableness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness, veracity, verisimilitude
associated concepts: credibility of a witness, impeachment of credibility
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probability, veracity
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.The quality, especially in a witness, of being believable and likely to tell the truth.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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in the law of evidence, the aspect of evidence, usually the testimony of a witness, such that the fact-finder tells that the evidence can be believed. See also reliability.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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The quality making testimony worthy of belief.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The quality of something capable of being believed or relied upon or that is worthy of confidence.See also veracity.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Believability. The major legal application of the term credibility relates to the testimony of a witness or party during a trial. Testimony must be both competent and credible if it is to be accepted by the trier of fact as proof of an issue being litigated.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Believability. The major legal application of the term credibility relates to the testimony of a witness or party during a trial. Testimony must be both competent and credible if it is to be accepted by the trier of fact as proof of an issue being litigated.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.whether testimony is worthy of belief, based on competence of the witness and likelihood that it is true. Unless the testimony is contrary to other known facts or is extremely unlikely based on human experience, the test of credibility is purely subjective.See also: credible witness
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
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Credibility — refers to the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message. Traditionally, modern, credibility has two key components: trustworthiness and expertise, which both have objective and subjective components.… … Wikipedia
Credibility — Cred i*bil i*ty (kr[e^]d [i^]*b[i^]l [i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F. cr[ e]dibilit[ e].] The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
credibility — 1590s, from M.L. credibilitas, from L. credibilis (see CREDIBLE (Cf. credible)). Credibility gap is 1966, Amer.Eng., in reference to official statements about the Vietnam War … Etymology dictionary
credibility — ► NOUN 1) the quality of being credible. 2) (also street credibility) acceptability among fashionable young urban people … English terms dictionary
credibility — [n] believeableness believability, chance, integrity, likelihood, plausibility, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity; concepts 650,725 Ant.… … New thesaurus
credibility — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great, high ▪ real ▪ moral, political, professional, scientific ▪ personal … Collocations dictionary
credibility — credence, credit, credibility 1. In general use, credence means ‘belief, trustful acceptance’, and is used mainly in the expression to give (or lend) credence to, which means ‘believe, trust’: • The radicality of these changes…had lent credence… … Modern English usage
credibility — cred|i|bil|i|ty [ˌkredıˈbılıti] n [U] 1.) the quality of deserving to be believed and trusted damage/undermine sb s credibility (as sth) ▪ The scandal has damaged his credibility as a leader. credibility of ▪ There are serious questions about the … Dictionary of contemporary English
credibility — n. 1) to establish credibility 2) to lose one s credibility 3) (misc.) a credibility gap * * * [ˌkredə bɪlɪtɪ] (misc.) a credibility gap to establish credibility to lose one s credibility … Combinatory dictionary
credibility — cred|i|bil|i|ty [ ,kredı bıləti ] noun uncount * qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them: The jury had doubts about the credibility of some of the witnesses. gain/lose credibility: The government is losing credibility by … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English